Ali Kazancigil, Political scientist and Turkey specialist

On Monday, modern Turkey's most powerful prime minister celebrated nearly a decade in office, and his last congress as AK party chairman. Recep Tayip Erdogan also hinted he might stand for president in 2014, a role that would give him wide-ranging powers if a new constitution is established. Political analyst Ali Kazancigil analyses Erdogan’s record and weighs his chances of becoming Turkey’s next president.

A graduate of Sciences Po Paris and Columbia University, he was a journalist in New York for ten years before joining FRANCE 24 in 2009. He is specialised in French politics, Africa and the Middle East.

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Working both on FRANCE24’s French and English-speaking channels, she covers international news stories from the field and in the studio. She also regularly anchors for both channels.

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This native New Yorker joined FRANCE 24 at its launch in 2006, lured by a lifelong love of French language and literature. He began his journalism career in the early 1990s in Russia and is now a foreign affairs commentator.

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Originally from Australia, she is a senior journalist and presenter who has reported from Europe, Asia and the Middle East. When not fronting the network’s new show on women’s issues, she is a news anchor and an international affairs commentator.

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Since he joined FRANCE 24 in 2006, he has reported on major political stories from Berlin, Moscow and New York. He has an interest in the ex-Soviet sphere and has filed feature stories from that area.